Avya Chaudhary

Avya Chaudhary

Freelance writer

Avya Chaudhary is a daughter, sister, content marketer, and lifelong storyteller. Hailing from a small town near India’s capital, Delhi, she has over six years of experience in B2B content writing, focusing on the sweet spot where technology meets governance. 

She currently dabbles in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technology for IT Pro, and has bylines in Sprinklr, Discover, Datamation, Aviyel, MIT Technology Review, TechRepublic Premium, and a few other places you’ve probably heard of— or at least Googled once.

When she’s not busy decoding the latest tech trends, Avya can be found volunteering in her community. As a former project head at the Spirit of Youth Foundation, she developed a holistic curriculum for fifth graders. She loves hiking, traveling, and binge-watching the latest thriller while hoping Netflix brings back Mindhunter for a third season.

Latest articles by Avya Chaudhary

A photo of a software developer sat at a desk from the chest up, with the both of their monitors turned away from the camera to represent shadow IT. Their face is lit by the screens in an otherwise dark room.

The top four steps to eliminate shadow IT

By Avya Chaudhary published

In-depth Curbing shadow IT is a perennial concern for IT teams – here are four steps to help leaders kick shadow IT to the curb

In-depth
A glitched file folder icon to represent ransomware. Decorative: the icon is set against a gradient light-blue to dark-blue background.

Ransomware remediation: What steps should your business take for recovery?

By Avya Chaudhary published

In-depth Ransomware is a growing security and financial challenge but with a solid ransomware remediation plan, leaders can respond quickly and keep data loss to a minimum

In-depth
A huge pile of legacy technology sitting in an old-fashioned office environment, with old printers, CRT monitors, keyboards, and cardboard boxes piled up in a stack of trash taller than a person.

Why the risks of legacy tech continue to plague businesses

By Avya Chaudhary published

In-depth Leaders who don't factor threats such as unpatched vulnerabilities into their modernization strategies are on course to be compromised

In-depth
A digital render of a hologram of a shield bearing a tick symbol representing firewall as a service (FWaaS). Decorative: the hologram is hovering above a lightly-blurred dark touchscreen bearing glowing red, green, and blue lights.

What is firewall as a service (FWaaS)?

By Avya Chaudhary published

Explainer Amid the increasing complexity of distributed work and data sprawl, FWaaS can step in as a scalable, cloud-based solution that improves on traditional firewalls

Explainer
An image of many laptops viewed from above in a tessellating pattern, to represent BYOD risks. Decorative: the laptops are on a yellow background.

The top 4 BYOD risks businesses face in 2024

By Avya Chaudhary published

In-depth From social engineering to phishing texts, devices allowed under BYOD policies can be prime targets for cyber attacks – risking individual privacy as much as business reputation

In-depth

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